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Hilliard Hughes Obituary

Hilliard W. Hughes died at his home October 22, 2004, after a long illness. Born in Kansas City, MO, April 5, 1926, to Hilliard W. Hughes, Sr., and Mary Histed Hughes, Hill graduated from Pembroke Country Day School in 1943 and attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire the following year. He then served in the Army infantry for two years in Europe in WWII as a scout and master sergeant, and was present at the liberation of Dachau. After the War, he went to Harvard University, completing his bachelor's degree in 1950 and his MBA in 1952. While there he captained the tennis team and in 1950 played in the Prentice Cup at Wimbledon. He met his wife Joan Stevens in a game of tennis and it proved to be a good match. They married December 21, 1950. He soon turned to teaching and taught literature at Pembroke Country Day School. He once said if he had taught students to care and contribute, he had done his job. He coached an unusually successful high school tennis team. Upon retirement in 1982, he and Joan returned to her hometown of Walpole, NH, into a home he designed. He volunteered with the Women's Crisis Center and Dollars-forScholars, played competitive tennis, read widely, and was a lifelong advocate for social justice. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Joan Stevens Hughes; sons Douglas H. Hughes, M.D., and partner Terence Keane, Ph.D., Brookline, MA; Hilliard S. Hughes and wife Jennifer Bump, Cambridge, MA; John H. Hughes and wife Deborah Perchik, Cape Neddick, ME; daughter Megan Hughes, Walpole, NH; brother David H. Hughes and wife Dee, Mission Hills, KS; and four grandchildren, Rebecca Hughes and Samuel Hughes, Cape Neddick, ME, and Nicholas Hughes and Adrianna Hughes, Cambridge, MA. A memorial service was held 2 p.m. Sunday, October 24 at the Unitarian Church on Main Street in Walpole, NH. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Kerry-Edwards Campaign (address to Jennifer Johnson, Democratic National Committee, 430 South Capital Drive, SE Washington, D.C., 2003), The Center for Victims of Torture (717 E. River Rd., Minneapolis, MN, 55455), or HCS (Home Healthcare and Community Service, 312 Marlboro St., Keene, NH, 03431).

Published by Kansas City Star from Oct. 27 to Oct. 28, 2004.
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Hill was a great guy --a memorable teacher and lifelong inspiration, a hero. You were to people what Bennett Schneiders was to Barnes and Noble. You walked the talk. The world is diminished without your presence as it was blessed by it. Thanks for staying in touch with me and thanks for staying true to you. RG

Roger Goldblatt

November 14, 2004

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